Dish-washer.



No. 773,085. v PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904. J. J. MILLER.

DISH WASHER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Witnesses C4 db.

Attorney Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT .OFFICE.

JOEL J. MILLER, OF PULASKI, IOWA.

DISH-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,085, dated October 25, 1904.

Application filed. March 10, 1904.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Washers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable-others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved dish-washer,

and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed. 4

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, eflicient, and durable device of this character which may be very readily operated and is not likely to get out of order.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a Vertical sectional view of a dish-washer embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the upper portion of the shaft of the centrifugallyacting dasher andthe bearings therefor.

The vessel 1 may be of any suitable form and is here shown as provided with a funnelshaped bottom 2 and a rim or flange 3, which depends therefrom and has a drain-pipe 1, which communicates with the lower portionof the funnel-shaped bottom, extends through an opening in one side of the depending rim or flange 3, and is provided with a suitable removable stopper 5. On the bottom of the vessel is an annular retaining device .6, which is here shown as comprising corrugated circular wires 7, which extend upwardly from. the bottom of the vessel for a suitable distance and are spaced a suitable distance from the side of the vessel. In the lower portion of the funnel-shaped bottom and at the center of the same is an arched bearing 8, in which is stepped the lo'werend of a vertical shaft 9. The said shaft is journaled in a bearing 10,, formed in the cover 11 of the vessel, and is provided at its upper end with a pinion 12. An inverted arched bracket 24. depends from the cover and forms the bear- Serial No. 197,538. (No model.)

ing for the intermediate portion of the shaft.

end with a gear-wheel 20, which engages the pinion 12. Hence the vertical shaft may be rotated at a high rate of speed by turning the crank-shaft. The said vertical shaft is provided near its lower end with a centrifugallyacting dasher 21, that comprises a suitable number of curved wings that have their inner ends attached to the shaft, and which wings are so disposed with reference to the shaft that their chords are tangent to a circle. which is concentric with the shaft. Said wings extend upwardly toward their outer ends and are. provided on their front sides at their lower and upper edges with flanges 23. The centrifugally-acting dasher is submerged in the hot water in the vessel, and the dishes to be washed being arranged around the vessel with their lower edges engaging the stop device therein. Upon turning the centrifugally-acting'dasherin the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2 the same is caused to throw the hotwater against the dishes, so as to thoroughly cleanse them, as will be understood. Owing to the-inclined disposition of the wings of the centrifugally-acting dasher and the provision of the flanges on the front side thereof, the said wings as they revolve serve to elevate the water and direct it upwardly against the dishes, as will be understood. When the cover of the vessel is open. the centrifugally-acting dasher is raised thereby from within the vessel 6. greatly facilitating the cleansing of the latter.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A dish-Washer comprising a vessel and a revoluble centrifugally-acting dasher therein hav- IO ing Wings provided on their front sides with outwardly and upwardly extending flanges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOEL J. MILLER.

Witnesses:

ELMA ANDREW, HERBERT J. LEE. 

